Some of these facts are common knowledge, but some of them you may not have heard of yet. Below you will find 10 of them:
1. Queen Elizabeth II’s handbag was a means of body language communication.
She used it to send silent messages to her staff.
For example, if she finished a conversation with a guest, she would pass the bag from one arm to the other and her assistants would politely end the conversation. If he wanted to immediately end a conversation, he put the bag on the ground, writes TheFactSite.
2. Oranges were originally green.
The first oranges imported to the West came from Southeast Asia and were green mandarin-pomelos.
In fact, oranges grown in warmer parts of the world, such as Vietnam and Thailand, remain green throughout their lives.
3. There is no fixed time zone at the South Pole.
This is because all lines of longitude meet there (because the Earth is not flat).
Stations at the South Pole use the time zone of the country that owns them, which means that two stations next to each other can have different time zones.
4. The first 3D movie was shown in cinemas in 1922.
Released in September of that year, The Power of Love was a silent film and was shown in cinemas around the world.
It even had an alternate ending that was chosen by closing one eye or the other. Unfortunately, the film is lost and has not been found for decades.
5. Sandra Bullock was almost “Neo” in The Matrix.
The film’s producers had trouble finding the right actor for the role of Neo and almost considered making the character female.
6. There was a type of bird with wings larger than a fighter jet.
His remains were found in Romania. This prehistoric creature is thought to have been as tall as a giraffe and weighed about half a ton.
With a wingspan of 39 feet, it was larger than an F-16 fighter jet.
7. High heels were originally men’s shoes.
They were used around 10 BC by Persian horsemen to keep their feet in the saddle while riding.
8. “OMG” was first used in writing in 1917.
Although it may have been used earlier in speech, this abbreviation first appeared in a letter to Winston Churchill.
There Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher wrote: “OMG (Oh! My God!)”.
9. Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sand.
Most of it is covered with gravel, and there are also mountains and oases.
Also, it is not the largest desert in the world.
10. Your nose and ears never stop growing.
They are the only parts of the body that continue to grow even after the rest of the body stops developing.
Many of these facts show us that history, nature and science are full of surprises that we still continue to discover.
This is what makes knowledge so valuable and fun at the same time.
